Barcalo Buffalo Tools

[Fred Knox]

Picked up this Barcalo Buffalo USA linesman pliers recently. It has the great knurling, is plain steel, and at 8 1/2" is supposedly the largest of the linesman pliers that Barcalo made in the mid-1930s.

 

[d42jeep]

Nice. I have a pair in my early wartime Motor Vehicle Mechanic Tool Set. Here are some catalog listings.
My pairs.
-Don

 

[Beerhippie]

I hate carelessly tempered wire cutters.

 

[Provincial]

I added to my Barcalo collection recently.

DBE 7/8 x 15/16
DBE 3/4 x 7/8
Combo 3/8 raised panel
DOE 3/8 x 7/16 raised panel
15" adjustable "MODEL N-15"

The adjustable is massive!

 

[d42jeep]

This isn’t my first one of these Barcalo multi tools.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I found this 8” Stillson pipe wrench on Saturday. I left some of the red paint because it didn’t offend me.
Before.
After.
-Don

 

[Fred Knox]

Recently picked up this script logo Barcaloy combination wrench set in its original canvas bag. I haven’t cleaned the bag yet, but it’s in pretty good condition as it stands.

 

[Ayrhead]

I picked up a small Barcalo-Buffalo Adjustable Plier.

 

[d42jeep]

Here they are in the ‘55 catalog and one of mine.
-Don

 

[Ayrhead]

Here they are in the ‘55 catalog and one of mine.
-Don

Nice catalog. Looks like we’ve got twins… 55 is my birth year.

 

[3baygarage]

Grabbed a nice 6 incher the other day.

 

[d42jeep]

I found this nice offset DBE yesterday and just removed a bit of grease residue.
Cleaned up.

-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I received quite a few Barcalo wrenches in my Christmas package from four.cycle. I spent some time yesterday and today cleaning them up.
As received.
Cleaned up yesterday.
Finished them up today.
The manifold & starter wrench.
Thanks, BK!
-Don

 

[four.cycle]

^ what on earth do you suppose that guy was doing with that 11/16" x 19/32" open end? what's up with that grinder action on the end of the mouth?

those cleaned up pretty nicely!

 

[d42jeep]

I can’t imagine that it would have been useful except as an identifier. Seems like overkill for that use.
-Don

 

[Bryan Burns]

I've picked up a few stray Barcalo tools over the years. Here's one that I found this morning. It's a tack puller.

Pic 1

I have one too, and it's my favorite among several brands, as it's very stout.

 

[Leviton]

Found this short Ward's Lakeside 6-point DBE that @d42jeep helped me identify as Barcalo made:

 

[d42jeep]

Found this 1/2” x 9/16” DBE wrench at an estate sale on Friday. It didn’t need too much cleaning.
As found.
Cleaned up

-Don

 

[rust in the eye]

A couple believed Barcalo made, branded PowrKraft and Lakeside for Montgomery Ward.

 

[CCaillet]

Found this complete set at an estate sale yesterday.

 

[d42jeep]

A Barcalo hammer arrived in the mail this morning that I’ve been searching for seemingly forever. The only one I had found previously had been shortened by a former owner.
Old and new.
-Don

 

[LesserSon]

Picked up a Barcalo adjustable that I think will clean up okay. I don’t think I have previously collected one of these.

 

[d42jeep]

Careful, they can be addictive. Here is a picture from 2019

-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I went through the Barcalo adjustable, auto wrench and pipe wrench box today to check out a Ford marked auto wrench. While I had the auto wrenches out I took a picture or two.
Barcalo and similar unmarked auto wrenches.
4” Barcalo adjustable wrenches.
Barcalo hammers. The plated one seems unmarked.
B in a circle Barcalo Logo on auto wrenches.
Pliers tray.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

I found a couple of Barcalo wrenches at today’s estate sale.
They didn’t require much cleanup. The DOE was made after the sale of Barcalo to Crescent.
-Don

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a nice Barcaloy combo wrench I received from BK and cleaned up.
-Don
Before
After

 

[d42jeep]

Another slightly newer Barcaloy combo found at yesterday’s garage sale.
-Don